Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pers pn] [vb mod] [verb] [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Rosaline chides Berowne , and taxes him with certain conditions he must fulfil if he is to gain her hand ( the Princess and her ladies have responded to the death of the King of France by postponing any further romance for one year ) . |
| 32 | There are one or two other items we can discuss when we meet on Wednesday , 8th . |
| 33 | There are a number of routes you could take if you want to work in a job where you 'll be looking after the countryside . |
| 34 | There are several simple exercises you can do if you wish to improve your powers of observation . |
| 35 | ‘ There are any number of young girls you can marry if you wanted to — I mean properly , not as a farrago of the real thing . ’ |
| 36 | There are a variety of little tokens I can use when I want to say ‘ thank you ’ for some special effort — chocolates , gift tokens and so on , as well as flowers . |
| 37 | It makes sense to keep a note of the phone numbers you should ring if you lose any of your cards , separate from the cards , of course . |
| 38 | Felt a bit sorry for Swindon as they were n't that bad ( in comparison ) but sod ‘ em , we need all the points we can get if we stand any chance of catching the scum . |
| 39 | ( A sound like the mindless drone of bees ; the sound whispered to Chesarynth and she strained her perceptions to hear its subtext : like bees they 'll sting unless you sate them with security and dull the thoughts from their minds . ) |
| 40 | If you knew how many complaining letters I must write before I get the means to pay my men their dues ! |
| 41 | I do n't suppose you 're even capable of having dreams like the ones I used to have before they sent me to you . |
| 42 | Not only could slum youth sometimes afford to pay their fines when they appeared in the police courts — a shocking enough fact to their respectable contemporaries that was often remarked upon — but they could even pick and choose what clothes they would wear when they came to court . |
| 43 | Skills people bring in are not necessarily the ones they will use as they have to be trained in the needs of the business . |
| 44 | No one explains it to me , and I 'm bewildered ; I feel like a doll , lying on the hospital bed , paper thin — the little dolls I used to make when I was younger . |
| 45 | You may now be thinking about what sorts of jobs you could do if you score high in any of the areas that we 've mentioned . |
| 46 | The kind of marks you 'd make if you wrapped a pillow round a gun so it did n't make any noise when it went off . |
| 47 | Can you estimate how many turns it could take before it snaps ? ’ |